Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2034

Wednesday 4 October

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 278 minutes.

Decide it for

22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Wednesday 4 October

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:37 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:1317:3718:0118:2518:4919:1319:37

97 of 97 minutes covered

Evening of Thursday 5 October

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:36 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:14
17:1217:3618:0018:2418:4819:1219:36

0 of 97 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 12:59 on Wed 4 Oct to 11:18 on Thu 5 Oct.

    2034-10-04T06:59:10Z → 2034-10-05T05:17:53Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:37–19:14 on the 4th, 17:36–19:14 on the 5th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 97 of 97 minutes on the 4th and 0 of 97 on the 5th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 16694 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2034: Wednesday 4 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2034 falls on Wednesday 4 October. Aṣṭamī runs from 12:59 on Wed 4 Oct to 11:18 on Thu 5 Oct and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2034/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 4 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 4 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileWed 4 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 4thCoveredSunset 5thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles23:59 → 22:1818:3398 min18:310 min4 Oct
Chicago01:59 → 00:1818:2799 min18:250 min4 Oct
Jersey City02:59 → 01:1818:3399 min18:310 min4 Oct
Port of Spain02:59 → 01:1817:5496 min17:540 min4 Oct
London07:59 → 06:1818:31101 min18:290 min4 Oct
Durban08:59 → 07:1817:5992 min17:590 min4 Oct
Dubai10:59 → 09:1818:0297 min18:010 min4 Oct
Delhi12:29 → 10:4818:0398 min18:020 min4 Oct
Kolkata12:29 → 10:4817:2197 min17:200 min4 Oct
Singapore14:59 → 13:1818:5695 min18:560 min4 Oct
Sydney17:59 → 16:1819:0092 min19:000 min4 Oct
Suva18:59 → 17:1818:0439 min18:040 min4 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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